The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-22

The old servant trembled with agita-
ton. and grasped hold Of the back Of
chair. "Oh, Mr.. Oscar! 1t IL all over.
Ny poor young master Is gone"
Oscar sat down, seemingly uncon-
scious what he did, and the same red
light came into his cheeks.
The very night you left, sir. he went
out again with those men. Before he
went, he told me he was ruined. and
more than ruined. He never came
back. He followed on the fate of the
first Charles Dalrymplc; but he did not
come home to do it. !"
He has destroyed HIMSELF"
HE has! he hasr'
"How? In what manner"
Drowned, sir. He jumped over
MISUNDERSTANDING. right into the
| water. Oh. what distraction his poor
mind must have been in, to urge him
to such death as that
Oscar rose and looked from the win
dow. Cold as was his nature. the news
could not fail to shock him-althongh
he was the inhcritor.
HAS the body been foundp" he
presently asked.
mo. Perhaps it never will be. The
officers say, not half the bodies that
get into the Thames ever see the light
again. But his fate is as certain, sir,
as if it had been: and it may yet be
found. Curious to say. young man
who works for his tailor, passed along
the bridge, just before two O'Clock,
and saw him there. half hanging over the
parapet, just Us If he was going to drop
into it. He pulled him back, but. he
rymple, he begged his pardon and
walked on. At two, the men, in a
barge there. heard the splash in the
water. and the next day his hat was
found In the stream. and brought
home."
1T is sad news, said Oscar. Il and
Mrs. Dalrymple were on the point of
starting for London. 1t is Of no use
now
Oscar called out the voice Of Mrs.
Dalrymple, "where are you? Wchayc
not many minutes.
How ever shall break it to thcmp"
muttered Oscar. II do not like the
mission"
He walked across the hall, nou his
0sOn, and re-entered the breakfast room.
He proceeded with his task as well as
he could. and got through it. not telling
them the worst particulars at first, and
almost thankful that Alice tainted and
fell on the floor. because it caused some
diversion to Mrs. Dalrymple' $ death-like
shock.
And, ere the midday sun was ut its
height, the estate was ringing with the
news that its generous young landlord
had passed away. with his faults and
his follies. and that Oscar Dalrymple
reigned at the Grange.
CHAPTER w.
London was IN a commotion; nothing
was talked of in its gay circles but the
young and lovely bride. Mrs. Dali
| rymple. Peers were going mad for her
smiles; peeresses condescended to court
| them; cOmmoners and coMmOnesses,
who could not get near, affected to hold
themselves Indifferent, but they scarce
" made concealment Of the fact that
the grapes were sour. Panics do some-
| times come over the fashionable world
of this great metropolis; now it is !
rage for speculation, like that railway
mania, which once turned peoples
sober senses upside down; now it is the
new and very ugly signora, who is ruiz
ing the boards and the boxes at Her
Majesty's Theater; now it is an insane
sympathy - insane in the working
with all the black Uncles and Aunt
Toms in the other hemisphere; but 1t
!, the time Of which we are writing, it
was the admiration Of one of them
selves, . woman. the beautiful Mrs
Dalrymple.
She was charming; not because
fashion said it, but that she really was.
Naturally fascinating in person, the
homage she received in the gay world
"a new world to her-rendered her
manners irresistibly SO. Some good
wives, staid and plain. who had never
been guilty Of counting look in their
lives. and prided themselves on it,
avowed privately to their lords that she
laid herself out for admiration, and
was compound Of vanity and danger;
and the lords nodded a grave approval.
and, the moment they could get out oi
sight, went tearing in the wake after
Mrs. Dalrymple.
! A stylish vehicle, something between
. break and dandy-horse, with two
stylish men in It, especially in the ex'
tent Of their mustaches, was driving
down Regent street. He who held the
reins, Captain Stanley, was attending
far more to some object at q distance
than to his horse; his head was raised
perpcndicularly, as if an iron poker
had been thrust down his throat, and
his eyes were intently fixed far befOrs
him. A street cab whirled suddenly
round the corner Of Argyle place; Cap
tain Stanley was too absorbed to ayoie
it, and the two came in contact.
No damage was done. All that cam,
Of it was a wordy war; for the cab
mans abuse was unlimited, and Cap
tain Stanley given to angry explosions
He concluded by promising q summon
for insolence, and then urged on hi
horse again.
''Is that the way you general,
drive in Londona" quietly asked hi
companion.
IAN insolent reptile! He shall smar
for t. I'll have him before the magis
trate at Marlborough street."
Don't call me as witness. then. /
was your fault. You got into the fel
lows way"
Il didn't get into his way"
, AT any rate you didn't get out Of 1t
which amounted to the same thing.
ask If that is your usual mode Of driv
ing?"
"What il it is?"
Its q careless one. The next tim.
you offer me q seat, Stanley, shall
propose to take the reins."
Il thought saw her carriage befor'
u.s." exclaimed Captain Stanley. in .
more conciliatory tone, for he was be
ginning to recover his good humor
ut made me oblivious to every thini
else. Winchester"
WHO is .her'?" demanded Lor,
Winchester.
1.-The loveliest woman, Winchester!
can tell Won Won have FOt n treat Il